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P How old was he?
N In his late fifties.
P So he wasn’t very well? What makes you think that?
N He had a GTN spray in his pocket. GTN is a medication for
angina.
P Do you think his medication could have affected his driving?
N It’s possible, yes.
P What about the other casualty? That was a woman, according
to my information.
N Yes, Mrs Williams. She was in her front room when the
tanker crashed into the wall. She’s in a critical condition.
Multiple injuries, two fractured ribs, perforated liver, and
lung contusion.
She’s in ICU.
P Can I talk to her?
N You’ll have to ask the doctor about that.
P Right. I’m not getting very far, am I? What about witnesses?
Who called for the ambulance?
N A neighbour. His name is Petit, I think. The dispatcher will
have his details.
*GTN – Glyceryl Trinitrait.
Grammar exercises
1. Read and translate this Heidi’s story.
A repetitive job is my idea of a nightmare, which is why I work in
A&E. It’s stressful, sometimes shocking, and often very upsetting, but
I wouldn’t change it for anything.
I specialize in emergency triage. «Triage» means sorting and
that’s what I do. I sort out patients in A&E according to the nature and
severity of their illness so that the doctors see the most severe cases
first and we don’t waste precious time on non-emergencies. You could
say that’s like specializing in everything. You don’t know what’s go-
ing to pop up next – it could be an accident with multiple fx, a sick
baby, or a CVA. The day before yesterday a farming accident came in
– a man had cut his hand off with a chainsaw. When the ambulance
brought the patient in, he was haemorrhaging badly and we had to